Yorkshire Contemporary presents Mohammed Sami in conversation with Turner Prize co-curator Michael Richmond, part of the free Turner Lates series at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, organised by Bradford 2025.
Join us for an evening’s discussion with painter and Turner Prize nominee Mohammed Sami, reflecting on Mohammed’s practice and his exhibition at Cartwright Hall as part of the Turner Prize 2025.
This event is part of the wider Turner Lates programme including music, workshops and talks. Taking place 6–9pm, admission is free and booking is essential.
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Artist Bio:
Mohammed Sami was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1984 and lives and works in London. Sami
creates paintings related to memory and conflict. Devoid of people, his works take the form of landscapes and still-lifes. Interested in personal and collective memory, his paintings counter the often-sensationalised portrayal of events such as warfare. In doing so, his works offer space for nuanced and reflective stories to be told.
For his Turner Prize presentation, Sami brings together paintings created after an invitation to exhibit new work at Blenheim Palace. Built in the eighteenth century to reward the military triumphs of the Duke of Marlborough, the palace is adorned with art that can be seen as glorifying warfare and power – a viewpoint Sami’s paintings challenge.
About the curator:
Michael Richmond is Curator at Yorkshire Contemporary and curated the 2025 Turner Prize at Cartwright Hall, Bradford. Previously he was Curator, International Art at Tate Modern where he worked on acquisitions, collection displays and exhibitions, including Philip Guston (2023), Cezanne (2022) and Nam June Paik (2019). He recently worked with Steffi Klenz on her exhibition An Alluring Maquette (2024) at NOUA as part of Bodø’s European Capital of Culture programme.
Previously he worked at the British Museum on exhibitions including Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece (2018), Hokusai (2017) and coordinated the Asahi Shimbun Displays.